Project files, 1978-1984.

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Project files, 1978-1984.

Files include conference materials; grant applications; study reports; journal and newspaper articles; council testimony transcripts; public service announcements; press releases; Governor's proclamations; proposed and enacted legislation; and related correspondence. Subjects include adolescent and maternal nutrition; health education; effects of nutrition on retardation and developmental disabilities; exercise and body maintenance; health professionals; the elderly; day-care centers; health maintenance organizations; home health care;, an Illinois State Fair exhibition; summer internship program; vitamins; stress; junk food; anorexia nervosa; Illinois college and university nutrition course offerings; teenage pregnancy; occupational health nurses; Future Homemakers of America programs; television advertising for children; a nutrition poster contest; and weight loss diets.

5.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7396435

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Council on Nutrition

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The Illinois State Council on Nutrition (1977-1984), composed of four House and four Senate members (divided equally by party affiliation); twenty one public members (four appointed by the General Assembly leadership, five by the Governor, and two each by the directors of the Depts. of Public Health; Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Aging; Children and Family Services; Public Aid; and Superintendent of Education), was charged with studying proper nutrition for all Illinois citizens....

Future Homemakers of America

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Illinois State Fair

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